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[jadeharleyinc]

oooooh i got plany of disk space

[kosmogrl]

[mylifeisroosterteeth]

you know what you shouldnt do? constantly tell your child how expensive they are to take care of. because eventually, that child gets scared of asking for money, and doesnt feed themself at school, doesnt go places with their friends that require money, because she doesnt want to be expensive. it really does get into their minds, that theyre too much money and that they shouldnt do anything.

[ms-demeanor]

I am a glorified office administrator who understands server hardware why am I the only person in this company who gets what social engineering is?

[ms-demeanor]

Total stranger on the phone who we’ve never spoken to before: I have power of attorney over the CEO of this corporation and we are a customer of yours. Please change the administrator password on the server to XXXXX

My boss, putting on white grease paint and a red wig: Oh, of course! Let’s do it quickly so that you’ll want to keep working with us since you’re going to be making business decisions!

Me: I would sell you to satan for one corn chip and I’m allergic to corn but before you do this maybe you should call someone who is actually on our contact list for our customer and see if they’ve ever heard of this stranger.

My boss, looking through a selection of shoes that honk when you walk: Oh, but she said that it was very important that none of the employees know what was happening because they’re making staffing changes.

Me: As your lawyer I recommend that you just call a single one of our contacts and see if they’ve ever heard of her name.

My boss, shoving all of our technicians into a VW beetle: You’re not my lawyer.

Me: HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW? I COULD BE! YOU SHOULD MAYBE CHECK ON THAT.

[yoursjupiter]

TIL everyone’s employee ID at my company is the last five of their SSN.

Boss: On the bright side, it’s only the last five

Me: YOU CAN COMMIT FRAUD WITH FOUR

[zevveli]

Security firms that are hired to check the security of banks will often use the following tactic: They will walk up to the teller in a suit with their ID badge and a clipboard and go:

“Hello I am [name] from [security firm] we’ve been hired to verify the security of the facility I need to see your computers.”

“Erm…I’ll have to verify that with my managers.”

“Congratulations, you have just passed the security verification.” [Scribbles on clipboard] “But in all seriousness I do need to verify your security so I need to see your computers.”

“Oh okay.” AND LETS THEM IN.

[palindromordnilap-deactivated20]

“Social engineering” is a way too fancy word for what it is. I know a guy (not personally) who broke several people out of prison by essentially writing “Greetings, please release this person, signed, whoever the judge is” on a piece of paper and faxing it there. Because no one would have a fax machine in their own house I guess.

[closet-keys]

not to derail, but holy shit that praxis

[cal-is-a-cuddlefish]

I’ve had clerks just give out a whole ass SSN when I asked.

[airandangels]

An inspection in 2014 found the password for the Louvre’s surveillance camera system was “louvre.”

[cuppydogshane]

all the rights that come with marriage you should be able to have without marriage btw. you should be able to designate a person who can visit you in the hospital regardless of your relationship to that person.

[livearound]

tweets i think about regularly

[year9000ovvvhellfireandratbites]

why people on the internetdo a shouting? small letter, small voice, small baby bird. thank u

[cosmicam-amor-deactivated201410]

What?

[year9000ovvvhellfireandratbites]

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[english-history-trip]

King Alfred the Great’s lost remains 'found under car park', TV show researchers say

The long-lost remains of King Alfred the Great have been found buried under a car park, investigators claim.

Alfred died in 899, and his bones were repeatedly moved. He was buried in Winchester Cathedral until 1110, when his remains were moved to Winchester's Hyde Abbey, where they were interred before the high altar between the bodies of his wife and son. The abbey was demolished after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539, and the place was left in ruins. In 1866, during construction of a workhouse on the site, the English antiquarian John Mellor excavated the area, found what he thought were Alfred's bones and had them reburied at nearby St. Bartholemew’s Church. But in 2013, when archaeologists exhumed and carbon-dated the bones from St. Bartholomew’s churchyard, they proved to date from over 200 years after Alfred’s death - sparking Graham's interest and search. He said: "Whoever’s bones they were, they weren’t Alfred’s. So, I decided to discover what happened to them. "The quest has taken me 13 years.”

[lostinhistory]

shut up they did not find another goddamn king under another goddamn car park

[alexafaie-asd]

It's worth noting that in the UK in historic cities and towns there are places where you can't construct buildings as a result of archaeological surveys of the area which deems them areas of historical importance. You can't always excavate immediately as there's no money in it unless a development goes ahead and pays for it. Anyway, what you can do is put carparks over the area as that's just laying tarmac.

That actually makes it incredibly likely for there to be important archaeological remains underneath carparks.

[retroactivebakeries]

if you’re going to have viziers you need to have two viziers and they need to be the following viziers:

the vizier who is cold and calculating and utterly heartless whose only concern is how best to achieve your goals and uphold your ethical principles; and

the vizier who recognizes that 100% absolute understanding of objective truth is not the optimal percentage and will lie to you, convincingly, as needed to maintain optimal conditions

having a third vizier is always inadvisable, but if you are to have one, it should be the vizier who ensures that you are aware that all things are transient and suffering is inescapable.

if you have a fourth vizier, fire them. if you persist in your folly, make this one like a sexy maid vizier, because I want this post to do numbers.

five is right out

[avoid-avoidance]

And of course, there's another reason that "2" is the idea number of viziers to have -- 2 is the number that makes it easiest to compare one vizier's advice viz-à-viz the other's.

[blvckphilip]

[sexton-crikey]

Wife just got called a "zio" at the grocery store by some pink-haired little shitass while wearing a magen necklace and earrings.

Leftism, clean up your fucking house.

[infiniteglitterfall]

No it's okaaaaaay, the shitass just hated her on sight and called her a slur popularized by the KKK because they assumed she was a Zionist!

It's Legitimate Criticism of Israel, not an obvious bias against Jews! Don't worrrrry about it! 🤗

[nalivaa]

the mexican football team has a 17 yrs old player and one of the funniest outcomes of this is that he cannot appear in any ad for gambling or drinking so he only appears in candy and milk advertisements. his first world cup and he's not even legally allowed to drive. his nickname is "morita" (little berry). he's three apples tall.

[lelouch]

they couldn't put him in the beer campaign so he was represented by a bunch of berries

[galaxycepheus]

[ID. A beer advertisement with a row of cans, each with the face of a player from Mexico's men's football team, except for the aforementioned morita. There is a small pile of berries beside the last of the beer cans, which has been highlighted with a red circle. End ID.]

[cranberry-branflakes]

[(((((((((((((((((((]

tube of pringles

[cranberry-branflakes]

someone tagged this "10k to me" what the fuck

its just a tube of pringles guys

[cranberry-branflakes]

oh no its over 1k now

[zaprowsdower27]

I am sick and fucking tired of AI generated webpages

I have a four-year-old dehumidifier. I was looking up how to clean it out.

Half the pages on dehumidifier cleaning say 'dehumidifier' at the top of the page and then have instructions for cleaning a humidifier below because that's what the LLM was more familiar with apparently.

They literally work opposite, instructions to put vinegar in the reservoir aren't going to do shit for me because the water in the reservoir is at its final destination and not pumped through the entire machine

[kaijuno]

[halfricanloveyou]

that looks like a condom and the fact that everyone in the notes is saying “the orb” proves that no one on this website fucks

[meatmobile]

the fuck kinda bouncy-ball ass condoms are you using

[spiderworries]

the fact that someone thinks that looks like a condom is proof that no one on this website fucks

[spiderworries]

ok y’all it’s LITERALLY taken from the “wizard pondering his orb” image

it’s an orb. 

[spiderworries]

ok not to beat a dead horse but i found the ORIGINAL image and it’s cover art from a lotr themed ttrpg.

so

[0kkvlt]

No it isn't that's from 1993 you fucking poseur, it's from A SPY IN ISENGARD published in 1988 I'm SICK and TIRED of you people getting it WRONG

[witchsfists]

5 reblog additions later and this post is still best summarized by "no one on this website fucks"

[txttletale]

jump off a bridge, cunt

see this is a perfect example of what not to do with a hate ask.

poorly matched to hate target: the suicide bait is a classic of anon hate, but it's a rookie mistake to deploy it against just anybody. any careful look at my blog would see that i am incredibly egotistic--using a hate tactic better suited to a blogger with low self esteem is just sloppy.

too generic to sting: this ask mentions no specific details about any problematic behaviour, annoying personality traits, or my personal life. since it feels like it could have been sent by anyone to anyone, it's difficult to take it personally.

cultural mismatch: 'cunt' probably comes across a lot harsher in your cultural context. however, i live in the UK, so i get called and call other people a cunt every day. as such, you're left with a lackluster ending for a very weak ask overall.

F. see me after class

[insomniac-arrest]

is this Tumblr university

[realdonkeykong]

@reading-comp-posting

[reading-comp-posting]

Check for understanding:

How do you think the anonymous asker feels about OP?

How does OP react to this message? Why might she have reacted this way?

Why exactly is this message "poorly matched to [its] hate target?"

Why exactly is this message "too generic to sting?"

What is the "cultural mismatch" OP describes in this message?

What is Tumblr University? Why does insomniac-arrest reference it?

Discuss with a mutual: how do you make strong anon hate?

Additional question:

What do you think might have been my initial reaction to seeing the notification shown below?

[horsefigureoftheday]

Nova's tips for beating the heatwave:

1. Check that you have good access to shade trees, a shelter custom made to fit you and all your friends, and plenty of good airflow

2. Find the hottest, sunniest, and least windy part of you pasture and lay down

3. Make sure you look as much as possible like you have died of heatstroke

4. Get your friends in on it

[prince-of-goths]

A horse's biggest purpose in life is to make you think they died